Box Score

MEQUON, Wis. - With the opportunity to move into first place on the line, the Edgewood College men's basketball team responded with their best shooting night of the season, scorching Concordia University Wisconsin for an 86-69 victory. The Eagles hit 66.7 percent from the field in the first half, and finished the game at 60.8 percent to leapfrog the Falcons into the top spot in the Northern Athletics Conference's North Division.

Junior Aaron Ritschard scored 10 of the Eagles first 20 points as Edgewood College raced to an early lead. Ritschard's three-point play gave the Eagles a 20-9 lead, nine minutes into the game. Ritschard ended the first half with 14 points and the Eagles held a 42-36 halftime lead.

In the second half, Edward Newton-Kemp scored a layup four minutes in to even the game at 47. Edgewood College (8-8, 6-2 NAC) would respond with a shocking and decisive 23-1 run to open a 22-point lead. Six different Eagles scored in the run, led by seven points from Kent Faurote and a pair of three-pointers by Brock Bidlingmaier. The Eagles hit eight of nine shots from the field during that stretch and forced five Falcon turnovers.

Ritschard and Faurote shared team-high honors scoring 16 points apiece. For Faurote, it was his 10th double digit scoring game in his last 11 outings. Ritschard also added a team-best four assists. Freshman Ben Wisniewski added 13 points while fellow freshman Derek Nkemnji scored 10 points. The 60.8 percent shooting for the Eagles was their best shooting performance since hitting 63 percent against Dominican University on December 15, 2007. It was also the Eagles best shooting performance on the road since making 63.3 at Wisconsin Lutheran College on February 5, 2003.

Concordia University Wisconsin (8-7, 6-3 NAC) was led by Newton-Kemp's 20 points off the bench. Mitchell Schneider went a perfect 5-for-5 from the three-point line and finished with 19 points. The Eagles limited the Falcons to just 34.8 percent shooting from the field.

Edgewood College has now won five of their last six games and two straight on the road, heading into their Saturday showdown at Dominican University. Tipoff for that game is at 4:15 p.m.